How far to the left can you go before you're right? [View All]

The view of the left and the right as meeting at 360 degrees on the compass of political thought is a well known theory. I'm not sure that I accept it entirely as it seems likely to be an over simplification. But for lack of a better model i accept that it has some legitimacy. From the perspective of the proletariat the difference between Marxism (the practice not the abstraction) and pure capitalism (which unlike Marxism/Communism can and often has existed in a near pure state) there's not much in the way of discernable difference.

Capitalism in it's pure form is the clear objective of the the neocons in America. This accounts for the rise of mega-corporations that really have no national affiliation but operate at an international level. In recent years these huge companies have gained a level of control over government and public media (the internet is the sole exception) that they can form public opinion and national policy in anyway they want. The Global War on Terror can be seen as advancing their objectives on several fronts, naked aggression abroad (NAC) and subjugation thru fear at home. They are at the same time our protectors and suppressors. Not much different from the all powerful monarchies of the middle-ages. As an example Boeing Corporation recently forced their own plant in Evetret WA to compete for work on their new 7E7 aircraft against air-framing companies in China. The immediate effect is lower wages and the trend will inevitably continue. Personally I don't see all this as brand new - the entire cold war - and specifically their deification of Reagan as the great slayer of the communists (patent non-sense of course) has given them the upper hand they enjoy now. If people believe it thats all that counts.

The left clearly has to play a smarter game. It's amusing to me that some people see the internet as an unassailable bastion of free expression. It could be switched off in an instant or easily restricted to any degree considered necessary (many countries do this now). I'm nearly at the point where I believe that a MIHA scenario may actually be in the works right now. This years election is a critical juncture for the neocons. A loss could and probably would, at least to some extent, rollback their acheivements and block their plans for at least four years and perhaps indefinitely. It's their golden moment and they do not want a repeat of 1992. They may not accept a repeat of 1992.

There's incongruity between the first paragraph and the two that follow. WTF?